mac80211_hwsim devices do not have a "driver" attribute
Bug #1166250 reported by
Martin Pitt
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
NetworkManager does not get along with interfaces created by mac80211_hwsim:
NetworkManager[
It calls udev_device_
have a driver attribute. My real intel wifi does:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Apr 3 06:19 /sys/class/
But /sys/class/
I figured out the reason, and sent a patch to the wireless maintainer Johannes Berg, who applied it in his tree:
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